The Dark Mirror Page #2

Are you going to answer me or not.

I'm not!

You'll only making trouble for yourselves.

It'll be harder in the end.

Because you can't get

away with it. It's...

Will you cut this nonsense

out and be sensible?

A man was murdered.

I give you one more chance.

Let's see if we can get somewhere.

Which one stayed here last night?

One of us went to Jefferson Park.

The other...

But what one do which?

Which one did which?

I'll just have to run you both in.

Are you aloud to play

the field like that?

What?

Can you throw a number of people in the

court and tell the judge to take his pick.

No lawyer would take you seriously.

What lawyer?

The one that will come

to the police station

if we are not here to

answer the phone tonight.

- You're smart, aren't you.

- Not dump.

Do you know about

obstructing justice?

Don't you like to reconsider?

Me...? Or her...?

Will you tell me one thing?

One of us...

Will you cut that out!

- Is there no way to tell you apart?

- We are identical.

It's all right dear, he is

not going to do anything.

- You think so?

- No I don't.

I know what our rights

are, and so will a judge.

And one of them is the

Constitution right

not to say anything that

might incriminate us.

Constitutional rights, she says!

And will you please leave? Or do

you want me to call our lawyer?

I am a policeman, not a lawyer.

You won this round.

So don't try to duck out.

We'll unravel this thing yet

No scheme never obstructed justice.

And it is not going to start with this one.

Then bring a warrant next time

with the name already written in.

Did you read up on this

before you did it?

Never mind. I don't

want to hear it.

I forgot to tell you.

It's to twins.

Did you get that?

- I got that.

- Looking very much alike, the fellow told me.

- People can't even tell them apart, he said.

- Can't they really?

That's the way twins are.

Thank you, I can see

you got you eyes open.

I try to keep on my toes as

much as possible, Lieutenant.

Rest assured that we appreciate it.

Good night.

Good night, Lieutenant.

It's no use. There isn't even a

piece of print on the handle.

- Gloves?

- Could be.

There should be a law against

selling gloves to murders.

- You know what they do in the good days?

- Ladies bruise too easy.

Get me Judge Hill.

You know, I was thinking.

Maybe one of these babies

got a birthmark somewhere.

It might be a good idea

that I made a kind of thoroughly

examination of both of them...

Just an idea...

Well, no more fun.

Here is the list of witnesses.

Have them here at 9am tomorrow.

- Got it?

- Got it.

Judge Hill...

Stevenson, DB

I want a couple of warrants

for Ruth and Teresa Collins.

That's right.

Charge:
Suspicion of murder.

Yes, both.

What?

I'm gonna hang numbers on there

backs like football players.

All right, bring her in.

Where do you live?

492, Kendale Avenue.

Have you been arrested before?

Turn around.

That's it.

No doubt.

Bring it.

I'd know her in a million I...

- Teresa Collins?

- Right.

You two girls are held

in suspicion of murder.

What do you got to

say for yourselves?

Neither one of us care to say anything

until we've talk to a lawyer.

Well, how do you like that!

Know her in a million, eh?

What do you think?

No idea, Rusty. It's hard to

believe she could have done it.

I know she didn't.

Those guys are crazy.

Take a lemon drop,

it calms the nerves.

Sent them in.

Will you go in, please.

They are not gonna make me

say one word against her.

I know her too well...

We're sorry.

Dr. Elliott, Mr. Judge.

- Thanks very much for coming.

- Not at all.

I don't think this is going to

take us very long, Mr. Rusty.

You told that you saw Dr. Peralta

and the girl arguing

on the morning of the day

Peralta were killed.

- That's right?

- Yes, Lieutenant.

Can you tell me which one?

- No, Lieutenant.

- You are sure?

I did not know that

there were two of them.

Quite a coincident, doctor.

Quite.

"Scott Elliott, psychologist,

Ph.d., author of:

"Twins, a Clinical Study,

Mental traits of identical twins;

"Twins and siblings,"

"All published by the faculty."

Your own field.

I have spent quite some time

in the studying the subject.

Did you know they were twins?

No. One at the time twins

looks likes singletons.

Is there any foundation

of the old popular belief

that the twins are usually penalized by

nature, either physically or mentally

It's a superstition.

That clears that up.

You had a conversation

with Peralta that morning.

Would you mind repeating it?

He asked me if I had ever come

across a split personality.

Go on.

I told him I had.

Then he asked if there where

any danger in such a case.

He used the word 'danger'?

Yes... Or if I thought all that

kind of thing was exaggerated.

- To which you replied?

- I told him I couldn't say.

I couldn't answer with generality, when

he obviously had a specific in mind.

And then he said something:

"I had a battle with her this

morning and I'm seeing her tonight"

"It's rather important."

And we separated.

Seeing whom tonight?

- Miss Collins, I suppose.

- Which one?

I have no idea.

Can you tell me which girl was

behind the counter that morning?

That's all. Thank you for helping

us out here this morning.

Take the girls outside.

You see?

- You are going to let them get away with it?

- What can I do?

You haven't a witness that can

tell one girl from the other.

I wouldn't have a chance in court.

Any lawyer could make a monkey

out of me with set up like that.

We couldn't even get it

pass the grant jury.

- But one of them murdered him.

- I'm sure of that?

I'm just as concerned as you,

but in this case we are helpless.

With no more evidence,

a trial would a waste of time.

Let's have them back.

Come in.

One of you is a murderer who

killed someone in cold blood.

The other is an accomplice.

The law uphold your refusal

to give any testimony.

It also forbid the indiscriminate

prosecution of more than one person

in order to make sure

for one guilty one.

This protection now enables

you to become parties

to an outrageous and

miscarriage of justice

I cannot express my contempt.

Now get out!

We are free?

You're free.

Goodbye, Lieutenant.

Au revoir, Miss Collins.

Remember me?

Of course Lieutenant.

Come on in.

Sorry!

I don't mind ordinary music, it's

the wonderful stuff that bores me.

That's snobbish.

This is an ordinarily place,

where is the gimmicks?

Don't you witchdoctors treat

people with tinker toys?

They are in my laboratory

at the university.

What about the office in

the Medical Building?

Just a convenient place to get

case history. I don't practice really.

Lemon drop?

Have you given any thought

to this twin case?

I supposed you've

given that one up.

Not me personally.

This is on my own time.

You don't look ambitious.

It's not ambitious

I don't like a perfect crime.

I cannot accept that

which mocks justice.

Yes, I thought about it.

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